Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Lake Charles, LA
Issued by NWS Lake Charles, LA
640 CXUS54 KLCH 011657 CLMLFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 1157 AM CDT SAT JUN 01 2024 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF MAY 2024... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1893 TO 2024 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 98 05/31/1998 05/30/1998 05/31/1977 LOW 42 05/03/1929 HIGHEST 96 05/27 MM MM 93 05/20 LOWEST 63 05/01 MM MM 57 05/02 AVG. MAXIMUM 87.6 85.9 1.7 87.4 AVG. MINIMUM 72.1 67.2 4.9 69.1 MEAN 79.9 76.5 3.4 78.2 DAYS MAX >= 90 13 6.3 6.7 8 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 22.24 1907 MINIMUM 0.19 1998 TOTALS 8.78 5.44 3.34 1.92 DAILY AVG. 0.28 0.18 0.10 0.06 DAYS >= .01 11 8.4 2.6 9 DAYS >= .10 9 5.6 3.4 3 DAYS >= .50 6 3.0 3.0 3 DAYS >= 1.00 5 1.5 3.5 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 2.56 05/30 TO 05/31 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL MM 5 TOTALS 0.0 MM MM 0.0 SINCE 7/1 T MM MM MM SNOWDEPTH AVG. 0 0 DAYS >= 1.0 0 MM MM 0 GREATEST 24 HR TOTAL MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 0 2 -2 0 SINCE 7/1 1105 1375 -270 MM COOLING TOTAL 469 360 109 413 SINCE 1/1 831 635 196 MM ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.7 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 45/220 DATE 05/13 45/310 05/16 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 79/240 DATE 05/13 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.43 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 13 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 14 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 4 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 81 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 11 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 6 RAIN 8 LIGHT RAIN 13 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 0 FOG 22 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 3 HAZE 6 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$